Livestock guard and gate



Jan. 22, 1957 M. c. STORY 2,778,133

LIVESTOCK GUARD AND GATE Filed April 4, 1955 FIG. I

2,778,133 LIVESTOCK GU AND GATE Malcolm C. Story, Bozeman, Mont.Application April 4, 1955, Serial No. 498,964 1 Claim. (Cl. 39-5) Thisinvention relates to a novel guard adapted to be disposed in which willeffectively function to passing through the fence opening and at thesame time permit vehicles to pass through the fence opening.

The primary object is to provide the stock guard at its center with ahinged gate section consisting of three of the horizontal barscomprising the stock guard, said gate being adapted to be raised throughan arc of 90 degrees to an upright position thereby forming a barrier toprevent vehicles and livestock from passing through the fence openingover the stock guard.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the inven tion will hereinafterbecome fully apparent from the following description of the drawings,illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the stock guard positioned in a fence orinclosure opening and in its normal position for preventing the passagetherethrough of livestock, while allowing passage of vehicles.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the stock guard positioned in the fenceopening and showing the barrier in upright raised position.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view along the line 3-3 in Fig. 2 looking in thedirection of the arrows and showing the barrier in the upright lockedposition.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the novel stock guard inits entirety (Fig. 1) is designated generally 2 and includes anelongated rectangular frame which is adapted to extend through anopening in a fence, adjacent ends of which fence are indicated at 3.Said adjacent ends 3 are supported by upright fence posts 4 which areembedded in the ground on each side of said opening. consists of a pairof sloping triangular defining a gate opening therebetween and bars, 5,of suitable size piping of proper length. The reference numeral 5 isused to designate all the horizontal bars or pipes except three near thecenter of the by A, B, and C. These bars 5 are supported at each end bysills 6 and 6' and to the ends of sills 6 and 6 are mortised two sills Fand G thus forming a rectangular crib or form to support the guard. Foran additional support for the stock guard there are provided two mainstringers 7 and 7' which rest on the sills F and G and are positioneddownwardly from the horizontal bars so that the said bars are supportedthereby. The ends of the two stringers 7 and 7 rest on the sills F andG. The stringers 7 and 7' and the last two sills F and G will of coursebe mortised in order that the upper surfaces of all four sills and thetwo stringers construction of stock a fence opening and prevent animalsfrom will be flush, level and even and in the same plane. These foursills will also make lap joints at the corners and this way they willform a crib or form, that will not only support the guard, but willprevent earth and gravel from falling into the pit under the guard.

The bars 5 are approximately 6 inches apart or close enough to permitvehicles to pass over the guard and far enough apart to preventlivestock from obtaining a footing and passing across the guard.

The stock guard is provided at its center with a hinged section 8consisting of the three horizontal bars A, B and C above mentioned whichcomprise a portion of the stock guard and a barrier. This hinged sectionwhen raised on its hinges, that is, turned through an arc of degrees toan upright position forms an iron barrier 1 to 7 and 7' by means of thehinges 10 whereby the barrier is raised on its hinges and turned throughan arc of 90 degrees to an upright position.

A heavy iron strap be raised and padlocked by means of the padlock 12 toand very elfectively preventing the as well as livestock through the Iclaim: A stock guard consisting of a series of equally spaced horizontalbars of suitable size piping of proper length,

mentioned sills and forming a rectangular crib or form to support theguard, two main stringers resting on the latter sills and positioneddownwardly from the horizontal bars so that the said bars are supportedthereby, three ot the horizontal References Cited in the file of thispatent UNITED STATES PATENTS Patented Jan. 22, 1957 I

